This year's edition of the traditional post, odometer honest:
Fifty-nine today, this guy. When we met in 5th grade fifty years ago neither of us predicted the weirdest year of our lives would be 2019.
Always this: twenty-six years ago Landru was the first human not Earthgirl or me or a doctor/nurse to hold Planet.
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And especially
Thanks and love.
ReplyDeleteOn the downhill slide to the big 6-0!! A mere child. Best!
DeleteMake new friends, but keep the old;
ReplyDeleteThose are silver, these are gold.
New-made friendships, like new wine,
Age will mellow and refine.
Friendships that have stood the test --
Time and change -- are surely best;
Brow may wrinkle, hair grow gray;
Friendship never knows decay.
For ‘mid old friends, tried and true,
Once more we our youth renew.
But old friends, alas! may die;
New friends must their place supply.
Cherish friendship in your breast --
New is good, but old is best;
Make new friends, but keep the old;
Those are silver, these are gold.
Joseph Parry (1841-1903) Welsh composer and musician
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Parry
adapted for a girl scout song in the late 19th century
https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2018/12/make-new-friends-make-new-friends-but.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_in_Drag
ReplyDeletealso from the magnetic fields - "all my little words" - video composed of vintage film excerpts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eo8vW_0H_Kg